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<p align="center"><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="trek.htm">Trekking,
hiking and adventure excursions in Bariloche, Patagonia Argentina</a></font></b></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">"Walking,
breathing deeply and achieving your goal - is there a better way to enjoy life?"
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This activity is simple: hiking with just your backpack, through valleys, along
ridges and exploring remote corners of the wilderness. You'll sleep in rustic
backcountry lodges, and enjoy a bath in a chilly (but refreshing!) mountain
lake - a welcome treat on a hot summer day! Our trips take you through the lush
and dense Valdivian forests typical for this part of the Andes, or over the
glaciers and peaks viewing the majestic Mount Tronador, a splendorous sight!
The mountains in this region are between 1.900 and 2.200 meters high, with Mount
Tronador, at 3.354 meters, the highest in the area. Our goal is to work with
small groups so we can better serve our clients with personalized guiding, keeping
close attention to every detail. We will love to show you the Northern Patagonian
landscape! Each trekker needs just to bring along his own sleeping bag, sleeping
mattress, headlamp and his personal mountain clothes (Please contact us for
more detailed equipment, dudes, etc). All the excursions include transportation,
professional and bilingual mountain guide, all the foods (breakfast, lunch,
snacks and dinners during the trek), tents/mountain lodging costs. Daily treks:
Bella Vista: Term of the year: October-May Level: Easy technically, but very
sep. Medium This trek will be an ascent to a 1.900 m summit. From the top you
will enjoy a impressive view of Cerro Negro (2200m), Nahuel Huapi Lake , Mount
Tronador (3354m) and some amazing volcanoes like Osorno and Lanin (3776m). The
walk is relatively steep, goes across different kind of vegetation, as we walk
up vegetation changes due to height. Once we are over the forest line, starts
a slow steep on the edge, that take us to the summit. This adventure takes between
3 and 4 hours to get to the top, and between 2 or 3 to go down. At the top,
the summit edge invites for an easy walk for some kilometers. In my humble opinion
is the best one day trek around the area. </font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><b>Daily
treks| Multiday treks | 10 day treks</b></font><br>
<font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Excursions <br>
Cerro Bella Vista<br>
Cerro
Ventana<br>
Cerro
Challhuaco<br>
Cerro
López<br>
Cerro
Catedral over the ridge<br>
cerro López - lag. Negra<br>
Colonia
Suiza to Pampa Linda<br>
Joining 4 mountain lodges</font>
<p><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Our main ascent will be
by the chairlifts of the Ski Resort, that will take us to the edge of Cerro
Catedral, where will start our adventure in the backcountry. Once we are at
the edge we will traverse this mountain heading to the SW, hiking on the 2000
m (over sea level) average. After 2 or 3 hours we will arrive to a platform
at 2000m called "Cancha de Futbol". Here we will climb down the steep eastern
slope that takes us to "Laguna Schmoll" (a high Andean lake). Then, we will
climb down for twenty minutes more and we will arrive to Toncek Valley where
is the lake with the same name. Here we will be inside a valley with enormous
and beautiful granite spires, where also is the Refugio Frey, where you can
enjoy something to drink or eat. In hot summer days you can refresh yourself
in the lake. </font></p>
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